Fw: Fw: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket/London Bridge/very OT

[Michael Gamble]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket


> Hello Michael.  I do appreciate your input from across the big pond.
> I visited England, London and surrounding points of interest, in
> 1989, with a group of our builders.  We were there for 4 days and
> stayed at the London Bridge Hotel.  Could look out the window and see
> it up close.

On 5 Nov 2003 at 0:08, Michael Gamble wrote:

Was it London Bridge? or that amazing old Tower Bridge with the lifting
centre span? I think the earlier London Bridge was bought by a rich American
under the impression it was Tower Bridge he was buying. It was then shipped
stone by stone and reassembled in the Nevada desert.....

 Very much enjoyed the trips out from London we took
> each day on a large bus, particularly Stone Henge.  Man, that is
> earie (spooky).
> Thanks again, Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana
>
>>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Farrell
> > To: Pianotech
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket
> >
> >
> > Hello Gordon. Just a couple weeks ago I leveled coils on a piano the was
likely restrung a good 50 years ago - an 1880s Knabe square grand. First of
all, the Mother of All Coil Lifter from Joe Goss - picture below. I guess I
should have put something next to it for scale, but it is twice the
> size of the junkers from Schaff and it has a hardened tip. No coil will be
unlevel as long as I have this tool!
> >
> >
> >
> > Please tell me how this tool works? You cinch the coils up from
underneath, so I can't guess at the action required.
> >
> > Below is a picture of the horrible coils I was facing. I was afraid to
even try and tune it because so many of the strings were already getting
mashed down into the plate. The root of the problem on this piano was that
the holes for the tuning pins were drill about 20 degrees off of vertical -
> the coils will naturally go down unless someone is determined to force
them up - at least temporarily.
> >
> >
> >
> > How many of you noticed that the coils are the wrong way round? I once
came across a piano where a cowboy had replaced a couple of strings this
way. I didn't notice it until the pitch went down instead of up...! Then I
had to re string the affected parts.
> >
> > Actually, I did not use Joe's tool on this piano - I use his too for
perfecting the coils. On this horror project I used the little pry-bar type
coil lifter available from the supply houses. I just let tension down on the
strings enough so that the coil would lift via the pry tool.
> >
> > Can't get this "prytool" in UK
> >
> > Regarding the becket - just take a pair of pliers when you let the
tension down and squeeze them puppies.
> >
> > I use a pair of long duck-billed - it "gets in there!"
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05 AM
> > Subject: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket
> >
> > Regards
> > Michael G (UK)
>
>
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